Vietnam by train

Priority pledged for Vietnam-Japan training cooperation Ban Cao By Ban Cao - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - The Ministry of Education and Training will give priority to licensing Japan schools to cooperate with Vietnam in training programs in fields such as technology, medicine and social sciences. Nguyen Thi Thanh Minh, deputy director of the International Cooperation Department under the ministry, detailed prioritized areas for training cooperation between Japanese and Vietnamese schools at a workshop in HCMC last week. Minh said Japanese universities have not joined forces with Vietnam universities for training programs so far. Speaking at the workshop, many Vietnamese universities said they want to partner with Japanese institutions in teaching Japanese and implementing training programs in other fields. Vu Dinh Chuan, director of the Secondary Education Department under the ministry, said Vietnam wants Japan universities to help high schools and Japanese teaching centers … [Read more...] about Priority pledged for Vietnam-Japan training cooperation

Hanoi Times - The Minister of Information and Communications has approved the IT human resource development plan of Vietnam till 2020, which aims to train nearly 800,000 IT workers at all levels.
Under the plan, the Ministry of Information and Communications will join hands with the Ministry of Education and Training to train 140,000 experts who have university and college degrees upwards in IT, electronics, and telecom. Of this number, around o­ne-tenth will be master's degree holders and 530,000 university and college diploma holders. In addition, 110,000 will be trained as workers.From now to 2020, Vietnam will train and re-train 21,000 IT lecturers for colleges, universities and vocational training schools. Half of them must be master's degree holders upwards and 38,000 IT teachers for general schools.
By 2015, Vietnam must have o­ne IT lecturer for each 15 university and college students. Some 70% of IT lecturers at universities and over half of IT instructors at colleges … [Read more...] about Vietnam to train 800,000 IT workers

Kyoto is willing to work with Vietnam in training, said Mr. Ota Noboru, the Deputy-Governor of the Japanese Prefecture of Kyoto at a working session with Mr. Bui Van Ga, the Vietnamese Deputy-Minister of Education and Training, on April 9th in Hanoi.
Therefore, Kyoto would like to boost its cooperation with Vietnam to raise the number of Vietnamese students studying there.
According to Mr. Noboru, a number of Japanese businesses in Kyoto are ready to grant scholarships to Vietnamese students studying abroad, and after their graduation, they can work in Japan.
On behalf of the Ministry of Education and Training, the Deputy-Minister expressed gratitude to Japan and Kyoto Prefecture for their good sentiment to Vietnam and its people, especially its education and training.
Mr. Ga briefed the guest on training cooperation between Vietnam and Japan as well as academic records of Vietnamese students in Japan.
He stressed that the two governments were promoting the building of … [Read more...] about Japan’s Kyoto Prefecture teams up with Vietnam in training

The first mission for the Vietnamese team of 41 soldiers--who went by the name of
'Hunan team' to keep their existence secret--was to airdrop an ammunition supply in Laos the day they returned home from China.
The team had two training periods in China, the first from March untill October 1959, and the other from August 1960 to February 1961, recalled Bui Xuan Duong, 78, who was a member of the team and now lives in Da Nang City.
Special training of the 'Hunan team'
The training ground of the 'Hunan team' was dozens of hectares wide without trees and with long strips of beet plants to facilitate parachuting training.
"Almost ten Chinese teachers were responsible for guiding the 'Hunan team'. They were all below 40 years old and very enthusiastic," said colonel Duong Tuan Kiet of Da Nang.
"Initially, trainees were aked to jump down from steps 1.5m and later 3m high to practice the correct grounding technique. After that, we jumped down from a 9m high tower with … [Read more...] about Vietnam paratroops train in China, work in Laos

The European Union (EU) hopes to sign a wide-ranging cooperation pact by next year and will recognize Vietnam's market economy status as early as possible, EU representatives in Vietnam have said.
The European Community Ambassador to Vietnam, Sean Doyle, told a press conference on Wednesday EU members were keen to press ahead with the bilateral Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.
Businessmen and women at the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Planning and Investment. The EU is pushing for further reforms of Vietnam's administrative procedures and more streamlined investment processes … [Read more...] about EU eyes new bilateral pact with Vietnam by next year

China-Vietnam freight train put into service HCMC – A freight train traversing between Kunming, the capital and largest city of Yunnan province in southwest China, and Vietnam’s northeastern city of Haiphong was launched in the northern neighboring nation on December 18, according to the transport news website Baogiaothong.vn. Vu Quang Khoi, head of the Vietnam Railway Authority, said the total volume of goods transported between Vietnam and China last year was around 700,000 tons, of which the Kunming-Hekou-Lao Cai-Haiphong route was responsible for about 650,000 tons. The figure is forecast to rise to one million tons next year. Khoi requested authorities in Yunnan and Lao Cai facilitate the import and export of goods by train, and reduce the time required for customs clearance. A representative of the Yunnan Provincial Industry and Information Technology Commission said the cargo train would contribute to stepping up trade ties between Yunnan and other Vietnamese … [Read more...] about China-Vietnam freight train put into service

HCMC - The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VRC) is making a scheme for container transport by train from Hai Phong Port to Hanoi and Lao Cai Province to reduce the load for the road system.
Container transport by train will first be carried out on the routes Hai Phong-Lao Cai and Hai Phong-Yen Vien, Gia Lam, Hanoi, the company suggested after surveying the loading capability at Hai Phong, Yen Vien and Lao Cai railway stations.
Hai Phong Port is currently the only seaport with railway lines connecting to the national railway network. The amount of containers transported through Hai Phong keeps rising during the 2000-2010 period.
In 2011, the amount of containers via Hai Phong Port is estimated to reach 1.2 million twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEU).
As planned by VRC, each container train traveling from Lao Cai to Hai Phong railway station, and vice versa, will be able to transport 32 TEUs, including ten carriages for 20-foot containers and six carriages for 40-foot containers. … [Read more...] about Railway corp. plans for container transport by train

According to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), the national men's football team will have two training sessions, of which they have around 10 friendly matches to hone their skills for the Cup.
The first one will take place from May 23 to June 7. During the training, Vietnam will have a friendly match with Syria, who qualified for the third round of World Cup 2018 on May 31 at My Dinh Stadium in Hà Nội. After the match, Vietnam will leave for Myanmar to partake in a four-team tournament with the participation of the hosts, Hong Kong and Singapore. The event will be a good chance for Vietnam to play more games and spend more time together, especially before the Suzuki Cup. The second training session will last from September 24 to December 18. The VFF will invite foreign teams to play with Vietnam on October 2, October 7 and November 11. To speed up preparations for the Cup, Vietnam will train abroad and have several friendly matches from October 25 to November 5. "We will … [Read more...] about Vietnam to train abroad for AFF Cup

Vietnam considers training, science and technology to be top priorities in cooperative relations with Russia, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.
Mr Nhan made the statement while receiving the Permanent Deputy Minister of Russia’s Ministry of Education and Sciences, Yury Sentyurin, in Hanoi on June 22.
Deputy PM Nhan expressed his hope that the Russian Ministry of Education and Sciences would join hands with Vietnam to speed up the establishment of the international-standard Le Quy Don University.
He spoke highly of Russia’s recent achievements in academic and applied sciences, saying they have left deep impressions on Vietnamese scientists.
The Russian Deputy Minister applauded Vietnam’s plan to set up the Le Quy Don University, stressing that Russia’s major technology universities are willing to participate in the project by sending experts to Vietnam.
Mr Sentyurin said his ministry will help Vietnam train more officials and increase long-term … [Read more...] about Vietnam prioritises training cooperation with Russia

Vietnam will have about 3,000 vocational teachers who meet the quality standards set by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2015, a Government meeting heard on Wednesday. A student studies electronics at the Thai Binh Vocational School The discussion, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport and the Government Office. According to MoLISA's report, the General Department of Vocational Training will increase its co-operation with Japan, Germany, Malaysia and South Korea. The latter two have reached formal agreements with Vietnam which allow the country to use their training programmes to improve the worker capacity in certain trades. In return, Malaysia and South Korea will accept certain training certificates as proof of qualification. The department has so far completed the translation of eight … [Read more...] about Vietnam to train more vocational teachers